A look at past killings of Hezbollah figures

May 13, 2016 7:17 PM

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BEIRUT — Top military commander Mustafa Badreddine, who died in an explosion in Damascus, is the latest of a number of senior figures from the Lebanese Shiite guerrilla group to be killed in past years.

In the past, Israel was the prime suspect in any assassinations, but since Hezbollah joined Syria’s civil war in 2012 to support President Bashar Assad, it has lost several prominent members in combat and has gained a broader range of enemies. More than 1,000 of its foot soldiers have been killed in...